Compare and contrast cat-scratch disease and toxoplasmosis.

Which of the following statements is true?

a. The primary goal of a pathogen is to kill its host.

b. Evolution selects for the most virulent pathogens.

c. A successful pathogen doesn't kill its host before it is transmitted.

d. A successful pathogen never kills its host.

Compare pathogenicity with virulence.

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If C. tetani is relatively sensitive to penicillin, why doesn’t penicillin cure tetanus?

Why is C. perfringens likely to grow in gangrenous wounds?

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DRAW IT Show the location of the following diseases: common cold, COVID-19, diphtheria, coccidioidomycosis, influenza, pneumonia, scarlet fever, tuberculosis, and whooping cough.

Compare and contrast mycoplasmal pneumonia and viral pneumonia.

Complete the following table.

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